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Category: Slavery

New Files on Slavery

Published 22 January 2014 by jcairns

Some months ago it was revealed that a very substantial tranche of foreign office files was held outwith the National Archive at Kew; instead it had…

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Slavery, Louisiana, and Codification

Published 19 November 2012 by jcairns

This blog has an obvious interest in both slavery and law and the law of Louisiana. Both of these topics come together with the publication…

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Netherlands, Slavery and the Treaty of Utrecht

Published 7 June 2012 by jcairns

Slavery was abolished in the Dutch Colonies in 1863, making next year the 150th anniversary. Readers will be aware of this Blog's interest in slavery,…

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Interpreting Slavery

Published 21 September 2011 by jcairns

The recent conviction of two Scots for trafficking vulnerable individuals as male and female prostitutes, and the extraordinary Bedfordshire case where, allegedly, some men were held…

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Scottish Chief Justice of Jamaica (18th Century) and his Court Reports

Published 17 November 2010 by jcairns

The Blog has a strong interest in slavery, particularly in individuals held as enslaved in Scotland in the eighteenth century. Many Scots went to Jamaica…

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